MANAGING STRESS IN YOUR STAFF

Our Managing Stress in Your Staff course gives advice for managers on how to deal with mental health more effectively in the workforce. Learn about techniques to improve employee reactions to mental health and stress.

What's in it for your company?

• Lower overheads related to sickness absence payments.
• Increased productivity through effective stress management.
• A well integrated and mutually supportive workforce.
• Ability to attract and retain higher calibre staff.
• Reduced recruitment costs due to greater staff retention.
• Be able to recognise the signs and symptoms of stress in your staff early enough, so that it doesn't snowball into a very costly problem.
• Understand your responsibilities for stress management under Health and Safety Executive guidelines.
• Reduce your own stress levels as an employer!

What will you learn on the day?

• Understand the cost to businesses of stress and mental ill health.
• Be aware of how to minimise stress with preventative action.
• Learn your responsibilities, as an employer, under the DDA. Identify strategies and skills for managing workplace stress.
• Learn the obligations of employer liability and statutory provisions.
• Have a basic knowledge of stress related mental health problems and how they can impact on your organisation.

Who should attend?

This one-day course is aimed at employers keen to keep their workforce running effectively.

• Managers
• Supervisors
• Personnel, Welfare and Training Officers
• Health and Safety Officers

Participants are encouraged to express frank opinions and share experiences.